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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s hard to make old people declutter. Maybe easier to just haul all the junk eventually [/quote]

It will take months because there is some valuable stuff socked away. I am so good about selling or giving away things we no longer need meanwhile his parents have old toys in the attic and I don’t know what they’re saving it for because they refused to let us bring them down for our children to play with when they were younger. It’s so bizarre. Why wouldn’t you let your son bring down his childhood legos? Or let the kids read my sister in law’s old Nancy Drew books?[/quote]

I went thru this with my hoarder mother and inept father who just kept sitting in all that junk until I was able to come for 6 weeks and get it done. I think maybe I should’ve just dumped it all. There was some cash recovered but nearly not enough to compensate for my time or effort or health (I developed some kind of sinus allergy as I was too careless about masking). [/quote]

I have two single hoarder siblings in their 60s who never left home and continue to live in my deceased parents' house that was already cluttered (level 1 hoard). It is probably level 3 or higher now. My brother convinced my elderly mom to leave him the house. If he should die intestate and my other sister and I are left to deal with it, our plan is to sell it as is with everything in it. We don't need anything inside since we have our own homes and belongings. They refuse to hire a cleaner since they don't want anyone to see the sad state of the house and don't trust cleaners around their stuff. We always stayed at a hotel when visiting my parents because there was stuff everywhere that accumulated dust mites, pet hair and cockroaches. [/quote]

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